diff --git a/libraries/entropy/db/__init__.py b/libraries/entropy/db/__init__.py
index 72d38b8f6..d01bf3fea 100644
--- a/libraries/entropy/db/__init__.py
+++ b/libraries/entropy/db/__init__.py
@@ -4484,15 +4484,21 @@ class EntropyRepository(EntropyRepositoryBase):
         order_by_string = ''
         if order_by is not None:
             valid_order_by = ("atom", "idpackage", "package_id", "branch",
-                "name", "version", "versiontag", "revision", "slot")
+                "name", "version", "versiontag", "revision", "slot", "date")
             if order_by not in valid_order_by:
                 raise AttributeError("invalid order_by argument")
             if order_by == "package_id":
                 order_by = "idpackage"
             order_by_string = ' order by %s' % (order_by,)
 
-        cur = self._cursor().execute("""
-        SELECT idpackage FROM baseinfo""" + order_by_string)
+        if order_by == "date":
+            cur = self._cursor().execute("""
+            SELECT baseinfo.idpackage FROM baseinfo, extrainfo
+            WHERE baseinfo.idpackage = extrainfo.idpackage
+            ORDER BY extrainfo.datecreation DESC""")
+        else:
+            cur = self._cursor().execute("""
+            SELECT idpackage FROM baseinfo""" + order_by_string)
 
         try:
             if order_by:
diff --git a/libraries/entropy/db/skel.py b/libraries/entropy/db/skel.py
index 53f72dfcc..b3a297853 100644
--- a/libraries/entropy/db/skel.py
+++ b/libraries/entropy/db/skel.py
@@ -3272,7 +3272,7 @@ class EntropyRepositoryBase(TextInterface, EntropyRepositoryPluginStore):
         List all package identifiers available in repository.
 
         @keyword order_by: order by "atom", "idpackage", "package_id", "branch",
-            "name", "version", "versiontag", "revision", "slot"
+            "name", "version", "versiontag", "revision", "slot", "date"
         @type order_by: string
         @return: tuple (if order_by) or frozenset of package identifiers
         @rtype: tuple or frozenset